Fastening or clasp for boots, &amp;c.



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Patented s'pt. 26, |899.

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FASTENING' oucLrAsP Foa-Boers, ne.l

, srncmencrron forming part or Letters 'Patent ne'. 633,947, dsted'september ze, ieee.

' Appnmiqn 'and November 12, 189s.V` strinse. 696,265.' on maar l Be it known that I, Vieron K wheelwright, a subject of the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain vand Irel 5- land, residing at Mysia, in the Colony of Vie.

toria, have invented certain neu;r and useful Improvements in Fasten-ings' or Clasps forV Boots and otherArti'cles; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same- The object of this invention is to provide a y fastening or claspv adapted to he attached'to boots, gloves,corsets-, or other articles andby which the wearer oruser may draw the same together' qnickiyan'd' easily 'when required, the parts then retaining their closed position securely during ordinary use until purposely expanded.

AIn the present improvements no spring is necessary, and there is no lesse eiiciency by use. The fact that the edges of the artir`cles cannot always be conveniently brought to the same distance apart when closed is pro-A vided for by this invention and also the fact that it may beinconvenient to attach more than one or either of the edges referred to v permanentlyto thefastenin?.l To accomplish these objects, certain combinations of a series of links or plates which are hinged toene another, so as to fold into particular positions, are necessary, and a certain construction of the links themselves, as is next explained by reference'to the attached drawings. `Figure 1 is a top plan viewshowing the clasp yin its closed or fastened position, and Fig.' 2

shows the sameextended onopened.

- 'E is a plate o'r link constituting theinain V,called the. major link. It is rigid and has Ahingedor pivoted to one end a side link or member of the fastening and hereinafter v fastening, because they have passed consid- BERGMAN,=

erably beyond 4or above a linewhich would connect the ends of the major link. In practice strains tending to draw apart the objects held by the fastening will, instead of tending againstthe adjoining ends of the major link. To make the fasteningadjustahle, the side p is having both side links adjustable, as hereinafter described. One adjustxneutis to suitably'locate a staple, as I'., relatively to a bedner ends of the staple being kept from injuring the wearer by the tongue of the ,shoe or byother means when employed for other purposes, the purpose of such au adj ustinentbeing t-oallow a larger limit of adjustment in fastening J5, n Y v The' bed-plate .J' has, besides the functions above indicated, another important function. By causing the edge J? of the bed-plate to project froxn itsjunct-ionwith the major link some distance under the latter-that is to say, so that when the side link Fis folded in the edge ,J2 will" come -below the-'end Fthc ef'- fect is that the bed-plate, having one end J 2 arranged as aforesaid and the other end J 3 attached toan object to he fastened, will in ment. v Having thus described Patent of the United States, isl binatio'n with a main link E, pivotally connected to the adjustable fastening J' upon one side, and pivotally connected upon the other end to the link F, which is adapted to plate, as J', at the time of purchase, the in tting, .future adjustment beingeieeted by means of the'staple I and the slots J4 in the v to-expandy the closed fastening, simply cause Y,

the ends of the side links to press outwardly;y 55

link F has attached to it an end link -H and staple I, engaging one of the veyes or slots J in bed-plate J5, which lis aiiiied to the ar ticle; but what is more particularly claimed l i 4practice keep the fastening'in closed position in spite of` forces that would expand the fas-Y tening if .unprovided with such au arrange- L l my iuventiou,\vliat f I claini as new, land desire to secure by Letters 9 Y.In a clasp for shoes and the' like, the com- Y Y pass through the link lE, said link I1 being illy llame, this 1st day. 0f September', 1898, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VICTOR BERGMAN.

pivotally connected to the smaller link 1I, which is adj ustably connected. to the stationary fastening J5 by means of. the staple I, the -said linksv folding together andxholding the 5 fasten-ings J'; Ji? in a locked position, sub- Witnesses: stantally as described..v A. G. G. TURRI,v frW. H'. CUBLEY.

In witnesswhereof I have hereuntosigned 1 

